Gender and livestock feed research in developing countries: A review

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Floridaen
cg.contributor.affiliationMekelle Universityen
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20875en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1435-0645en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalAgronomy Journalen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen
cg.subject.ilriCROP-LIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen
cg.subject.ilriGENDERen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCHen
cg.subject.ilriWOMENen
cg.volume114en
dc.contributor.authorHarris-Coble, Laceyen
dc.contributor.authorBalehegn, Mulubrhanen
dc.contributor.authorAdesogan, Adegbola T.en
dc.contributor.authorColverson, Kathleen E.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-22T09:55:11Zen
dc.date.available2022-02-22T09:55:11Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/118210
dc.titleGender and livestock feed research in developing countries: A reviewen
dcterms.abstractLivestock productivity and the resulting economic benefits for smallholder farmers are constrained by a limited supply of quality feed. Gender influences both the drivers and constraints for feed technology adoption as well as the distribution of benefits from feed technologies; however, research with gender‐disaggregated data related to livestock feed practices and technologies has not previously been systematically collected and analyzed. This review examines the current scope and patterns in the literature and highlights opportunities that could benefit future livestock feeding research. The review identified 72 articles with gender‐disaggregated data related to livestock feeding, which were analyzed thematically based on the type of gender data collected: division of labor (44 articles), decision making (eight articles), knowledge (nine articles), and technology adoption (11 articles). Across nine different feed activities, women had a comparatively higher level of involvement than men in 49% of the observations (81), whereas men were more involved than women in 48% of the observations (79); equal involvement accounted for the remaining 3% of the observations (n = 7). However, individual feed tasks showed stronger involvement trends toward men or women. Women were more likely to be involved in the provision of feed to livestock than men (69% of observations, 24 observations), whereas men had higher levels of participation than women in fodder collection (54%, 19 observations) and grazing and herding (65%, 33 observations). Future research on women's roles in feed‐related activities could help to improve adoption, scaling, and sustainability of feed improvement interventions through the use of gender‐sensitive data collection tools.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2021-10-27en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHarris-Coble, L., Balehegn, M., Adesogan, A.T. and Colverson, K. 2021. Gender and livestock feed research in developing countries: A review. Agronomy Journalen
dcterms.extentpp. 259-276en
dcterms.issued2022-01en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.subjectfeedsen
dcterms.subjectresearchen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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